Western Australia Roads
Western Australia
This is the largest state in the country, and for road enthusiasts, it is a fascinating place to study. The southwestern corner is where the majority of its population are, which means that other parts are sparsely populated. It was only in the 1980s that you could even drive from one end of the state to the other on a sealed road. The massive development of mining interests and outback tourism helped the state road network. In listing out the highways in Western Australia, a major challenge was how to classify the list since it is pretty complicated. There are highways in the state that are declared highways, some have the title of highways without being one in reality, and some don't have highways attached to their names even though they are highways. This made it necessary for them to classify them with clarifications. Here are the classifications
Declared Highways with Names
These are highways that are declared as under the Main Roads Act 1930, and they have highways attached to their names. They include
Albany Highway
Brand Highway
Eyre Highway
Great Eastern Highway
North West Coastal Highway
Great Northern Highway
South Coast Highway
Coolgardie-Esperance Highway
South Western Highway
Victoria Highway
Stirling Highway
Canning Highway
Leach Highway
Forrest Highway
Williams - Narrogin Highway
Brookton Highway
Goldfields Highway
Derby Highway
Coalfields Highway
Bussell Highway
Broome Highway
Reid Highway
Great Eastern Highway Bypass
Roe Highway
Tonkin Highway
Stirling Highway
Canning Highway
Declared Highways without names
These are highways that are declared as such under the Main Roads Act 1930, but they don’t have the highway name attached to them.
They include
Melville - Mandurah Road
Horrie Miller Drive
John Willcock Link
Beach Street
John Willcock Link
Beach Street
Madigan Road
Carnarvon Road
Albany Port Road
Garratt Road Bridge
Tydeman Road
Queen Victoria Street
Marmion Avenue
Non-declared Highways
These are roads that were not declared as highways under the Main Roads Act 1930, but they have the highway name attached to them.
They include
Vasse Highway
Muirs Highway
Great Southern Highway
Brockman Highway
Decommissioned Highways
These are highways that are declared as such under the Main Roads Act 1930, but they are no longer considered to be highways.